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Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.
Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.
High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
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High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
Et le buste
Survit la cite.]
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.
Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose read more
The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose
within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator;
and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth
spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and
which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in
reference to the proposed result.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
There is nothing new in art except talent.rn
There is nothing new in art except talent.rn
